Do you have an idea or prototype for how we can advance hydrological monitoring? 🌊 ⚙️ Bring your ideas to FDRI's Innovation Session at #BHS2026 on 2 September! This opportunity is open to all, including non-ticket holders. Learn more and submit your idea here: fdri.org.uk/events/BHS-F...

Join our Freshwater Quality Programme webinar from UKCEH's Dr Daniel Read by joining our mailing list: campaignmonitor.leeds.ac.uk/h/y/66AF4657...

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📢UK #Freshwater Quality Programme #webinar: 15 July Dr Daniel Read @danread.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social presents update on PACIFIC project 'Pathways of chemicals into freshwaters and their ecological impacts' More: shorturl.at/yPrPy @prof-joseph-holden.bsky.social @pippachapmn.bsky.social

📢UK #Freshwater Quality Programme #webinar: 15 July Dr Daniel Read @danread.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social presents update on PACIFIC project 'Pathways of chemicals into freshwaters and their ecological impacts' More: shorturl.at/yPrPy @prof-joseph-holden.bsky.social @pippachapmn.bsky.social

🎉 🎉 NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED! 🎉 🎉 hydrology.org.uk We have a new shiny website which we would love you to check out! We hope you'll agree it looks great and is easier to navigate! 👏 Thank you to our website team for all their hard work!

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📢UK #Freshwater Quality Programme #webinar: 15 July Dr Daniel Read @danread.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social presents update on PACIFIC project 'Pathways of chemicals into freshwaters and their ecological impacts' More: shorturl.at/yPrPy @prof-joseph-holden.bsky.social @pippachapmn.bsky.social

We enjoyed a great session on FAIR data yesterday! Head of @water.leeds.ac.uk Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, joined Nick Sheppard and Scott McLaughlin at the Edward Boyle Library to deliver a presentation on implementing the FAIR Principles

Thank you so much to @water.leeds.ac.uk for choosing my research to be highlighted in their June Spotlight! Earlier this year, water@leeds awarded me their Spring Award to continue my work on the Zinal glacier! Find out more about my research at the link below ☺️ water.leeds.ac.uk/news/researc...

Be Curious is back this weekend 🎨🔬 Join us on Saturday 16 May (10am–4pm) as we celebrate 10 years of our family-friendly research event 🎉 Expect hands-on activities, interactive exhibits and fascinating discoveries for all ages 🧵👇

We're excited to be part of #BeCurious @universityofleeds.bsky.social this Saturday 16th May. 💧Join us at “Too Much Water... or Not Enough?” to spark conversation, and hear your views on water resilience. All ages welcome! @paulhutchings.bsky.social water.leeds.ac.uk/news/showcas...

First paper now out from Rossana Escanilla-Minchel's PhD - showing land cover change impacts on riverflow in central Chile during different ENSO phases. Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @geomorphmark.bsky.social @water.leeds.ac.uk environment.leeds.ac.uk/geography/pg...

Land Cover Change Drives River Flow Modifications in Central Chile

This study examines the combined effects of land cover change and ENSO on streamflow dynamics in four coastal catchments of central Chile, using a 45-year (1979–2023) dataset of remote sensing and hy...

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Is livestock farming a key driver for changing quality in UK rivers? Find out more in a webinar on the QUANTUM project from @pennyjohnes.bsky.social University of Bristol, 28 April. Her team of researchers is quantifying livestock impacts on UK #freshwaters. water.leeds.ac.uk/events/uk-fr...

Very happy to share the first paper of my PhD, out now in @commsearth.nature.com! Looking across the Greenland Ice Sheet, we found that glaciers flowing into lakes are up to 3.3 times faster than glaciers terminating on land 🧊 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Ice-marginal proglacial lakes enhance outlet glacier velocities across Greenland - Communications Earth & Environment

Lake-terminating glaciers across Greenland flow more rapidly at their termini, with 44% showing down-ice accelerations, and with greater accelerations associated with larger lakes, according to analys...

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🌍🐟 Join us to explore the conservation of the world’s forgotten freshwater fishes. Hear stories of challenge, success, and collaboration from experts across academia, museums, and NGOs. 📅 Thu 19 February 🕙 10:00–14:00 📍 @universityofleeds.bsky.social 🔗 water.leeds.ac.uk/events/fresh...

🌍🐟 Join us to explore the conservation of the world’s forgotten freshwater fishes. Hear stories of challenge, success, and collaboration from experts across academia, museums, and NGOs. 📅 Thu 19 February 🕙 10:00–14:00 📍 @universityofleeds.bsky.social 🔗 water.leeds.ac.uk/events/fresh...

Really excited that the Molecular Ecology group is going to be leading this project! ⬇️🌊 Stay tuned as we introduce our researchers working on this, and for updates on sampling and lab work!

water@leeds - University of Leeds@water.leeds.ac.uk · 6mo ago

📢An exciting £920,000 research project kicks off next month to help restore one of Northern Ireland’s most threatened lakes — Lough Neagh. Congratulations to the @ukceh.bsky.social team who will use state of the art technology to generate evidence to tackle its pollution @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social

We're looking forward to welcoming hydrologists to @universityofleeds.bsky.social September 2nd-4th for: #BHS2026 16th National Hydrology Symposium on the theme of 'Reimagining Hydrology for a Changing World'. 🔗 www.hydrology.org.uk/BHS2026.php

British Hydrological Society@britishhydrosoc.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨CALLING ALL HYDROLOGY ENTHUSIASTS🚨 Delighted to announce that the 2026 BHS Symposium will be held at the University of Leeds in conjunction with water@leeds from 2nd-4th September! 💧ABSTRACT submissions are now OPEN💧 Please use the form attached in the link: www.hydrology.org.uk/BHS2026.php

We're excited to lead the new CLEAR-Neagh project, a collaborative effort to support the restoration of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland, one of the UK’s most important #freshwater systems 💧🧪

water@leeds - University of Leeds@water.leeds.ac.uk · 6mo ago

📢An exciting £920,000 research project kicks off next month to help restore one of Northern Ireland’s most threatened lakes — Lough Neagh. Congratulations to the @ukceh.bsky.social team who will use state of the art technology to generate evidence to tackle its pollution @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social

📢An exciting £920,000 research project kicks off next month to help restore one of Northern Ireland’s most threatened lakes — Lough Neagh. Congratulations to the @ukceh.bsky.social team who will use state of the art technology to generate evidence to tackle its pollution @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social

📢New Publication! Congratulations to Dr Geoff Goodwin (@gbgoodwin.bsky.social) who has a new article published in New Political Economy. This introduces a new theory of decommodification to better understand socioecological transformations Read the open access article here ⬇️ shorturl.at/1zf86

Understanding the roles of decommodification in socioecological transformations: a new theoretical approach

Decommodification is widely considered a central pillar of progressive socioecological transformations, like the green new deal, degrowth and ecosocialism. Yet it is inadequately problematised and ...

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Exciting news! Dr Markus Fraundorfer @polisatleeds.bsky.social has secured ESRC funding for groundbreaking project: 💧Governing rivers as legal persons: Developing a kin-centric rights framework to address Brazil’s river crisis. water.leeds.ac.uk/news/polis-r... #RightsOfNature #WaterGoveranance

📢 #PhD opportunity in Global #MethanePolitics 2 full scholarships at University of Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social @janselby.bsky.social Projects on 1) the politics of coal methane and 2) the politics of #wastewater methane. #academicsky Deadline 15 Feb 2026 phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2341...

📢3 x Research Fellowship Opportunities! 🌍Global #MethanePolitics. 🌍3 positions available on the methane politics of livestock, oil and gas, and solid waste respectively. #academicsky Led by @janselby.bsky.social @polisatleeds.bsky.social 🔗https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/ESLPO1108

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellowships in Global Methane Politics

**3 Positions**Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have interests or background in environmental politics, political ecology or related areas? Do you want to furthe...

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📢Looking to start a funded #PhD in 2026? The @yes-dtn.bsky.social is a partnership between the Universities of Leeds, York, and National Centre for Atmospheric Science. Projects tackle the global #environmental #science questions of the future. #academicsky Deadline 7 January yes-dtn.ac.uk

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YES•DTN Applications for October 2026 will open on Monday 17 November 2025, and close at 13:00, Wednesday 7 January 2026. Please see the ‘Join us’ pages for more information. We are a partnership betw...

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🌊 Here are our water@leeds 2025 Highlights – showcasing how #interdisciplinary research can tackle global #water challenges. 🌍Thanks to our members and collaborators in the UK and worldwide. 🔗Follow the link: chalciporus.us-west.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atp...

Today is #InternationalMountainDay, and this year's theme highlights the importance of glacier preservation. On our How To Fix… podcast, Leeds academics Duncan Quincey and Lauren Rawlins, with alum Kenton Cool, discussed how we can minimise the impact of melting glaciers. Listen: pod.fo/e/34cbac

COP - a failing approach in need of radical change? 🌎 Professor Jan Selby writes how COP30 in Belém promised ambition and inclusivity, yet like COP29 in Baku, it ended in disappointment. What do you think about COP? Let us know in the comments! climate.leeds.ac.uk/a-tale-of-tw...

A Tale of Two COPs - Priestley Centre for Climate Futures

by Jan Selby*  Last year, the annual circus of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) travelled to Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. The proceedings w...

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Good to see research led by @carterlj.bsky.social and team at @universityofleeds.bsky.social School of Geography featured here. Assessing emerging #contaminant levels in English soils as a critical step toward understanding #soil pollution at national scale. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

More than 520 chemicals found in English soil, including long-banned medical substances

Fertilising arable land with human waste leaves array of toxins that could re-enter food chain, study finds

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📢 Leeds PGRs - Win up to £500 for your research project! Our SPRING Award is open for applications! If you are a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds working on a #water related #research from any discipline, you are eligible. Deadline: 18 Dec 2025 👉 Apply: water.leeds.ac.uk/news/pgr-fun...

@theguardian.com predictably quick in its good coverage. This is the start. We need community organisations not centered on climate to convene tlscreenings of rhe film , and discussion www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security

Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster

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Glaciers are a vital water source but how much longer will we have them?🏔️ Scaling some of the most challenging heights and battling extreme conditions, our researchers have found some shocking truths about the glaciers❄️ To read more about their journey, click the link below👇 https://bit.ly/4nP14EZ